[8], 71, [2], 121, [2], 85 leaves : 27 cm. (4to)

Date of publication conjecctured by Wing

Prefaces to the reader, p. [5-12], 1st count, appear in Dutch, French, German and English and are signed N. Visscher

Added engraved title page reads: "Historiae Sacrae tam Veteris quam Novi Testamenti, elegantissimis iconibus expressae. De heylige historien zoo van het Oude als Nieuwe Testament door zeer konstige figuren afgebeeld. Die heylige Historien des Alten und Neuen Testaments, in kunstlichen Figuren abgebildt. The sacred histories of the Old and Neu Testament, represented by very artificial figures. Histoires sacrées du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, representées par de tres belles figures

Each section has separate divisional title page with an engraved illustration with the text of the added, engraved title page followed by text in Dutch and another separate divisional title page with text in Dutch listing the books of the Bible covered by that section; each section has a separate register

Signatures: *⁴ (*1, *2 versos blank) **⁴ (-**4) (**3 verso blank) A-S⁴ (S4 verso blank) chi1 (chi1 verso blank) ²A-²S² T-2G⁴ 2H² (2H2 verso blank) ²chi1 (²chi1 verso blank) ³A-³S⁴ ²T²X⁴ ²Y² (²Y2 verso blank)

Title page printed in red and black; engraved printer's vignette on title page; initials

Includes numerous in text engravings by Claes Jansz. Visscher and Pieter Hendricksz Schut; the illustration on p. 1, 2nd count, in the book of Genesis, cap. I, shows the continents of North and South America within a border of astrological symbols

Purchase; 18-194

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